By Maria L. Murphy2021-03-29T12:54:00
Evaluating potential going concern issues was a hot topic for companies and their auditors in 2020. With first-quarter 2021 reporting around the corner, Maria Murphy offers five key considerations to be thinking about.
2022-02-28T17:17:00Z By Maria L. Murphy
Public companies receiving going concern audit opinions during fiscal year 2020 were at the lowest number and percentage in the past 21 years, with little change among common issues, according to the latest report from Audit Analytics.
2020-12-22T16:33:00Z By Maria L. Murphy
The Center for Audit Quality released its review of the first year of auditor reports for over 2,000 large accelerated filers that included the PCAOB’s new critical audit matters requirements.
2020-12-14T21:58:00Z By Maria L. Murphy
PCAOB board members remark on changes at the organization amid the coronavirus pandemic, recent audit inspection findings, priorities for 2021, and more.
2025-10-15T19:16:00Z By Ruth Prickett
Auditors are supposed to keep businesses honest, but how much regulation is the optimum for the auditors – and how onerous and punitive should the enforcement regime be? A new consultation by the U.K. regulator, the Financial Reporting Council, opened on Oct. 1 and has put the vexed question of ...
2025-10-07T20:32:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
Emerging technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced data analytics, can improve audit quality in significant ways. As the regulatory overseer of public-company audits, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has a critical role to play by ensuring that its audit standards evolve as the audit profession evolves.
2025-07-21T14:13:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Continuing a Trump administration practice of firing independent regulators, the head of the Public Accounting Oversight Board has been sent packing.
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